The Handmaids Tale Compared to the Diviners

On October twenty third, two thousand and two, 50 Chechen gunman and suicide bombers overtook a popular Moscow theatre, effectively removing seven hundred and fifty hostages from their lives in a manner which they could not control, much like the Offred from Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Morag from Margaret Laurence’s novel, The Diviners. Morag was removed from a life she might have had when both her parents fell victim to …showed first 75 words of 1500 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1500 total…had, her distancing came at a much lower price compared to the mental anguish Offred had to suffer through. Therefore, due to the common affliction of intentional, situational, and coincidental isolation which both Offred and Morag suffered through, it is evident that when considered collectively one can see that Offred’s isolation was much more difficult to overcome because she was deprived her right to love, receive education, speak freely and live as an individual.